C Jobs in the South West

C
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 88 151
Rank change year-on-year -23 +63 -26
Permanent jobs citing C 69 279 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.98% 3.03% 1.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.71% 9.08% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 52 225 71
10th Percentile £45,025 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% -8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,188 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,886 £80,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £57,836 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.58% -8.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
South West

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,029 3,071 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.53% 33.30% 37.89%
Number of salaries quoted 795 2,438 1,720
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,700
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,807 £66,250 £70,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the South West.

Salary trend for C in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for C in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +9 31 £46,500 -19.13% 50
Gloucestershire +19 18 £46,500 -20.85% 49
Devon +16 12 - - 8
Dorset +1 4 £48,750 -7.14% 7
Wiltshire +14 2 £66,250 +6.00% 6
Somerset -1 2 £57,500 +15.00% 9
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.25%) NetWeaver
1 5 (7.25%) Tomcat
2 3 (4.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) IaaS
1 5 (7.25%) PaaS
2 1 (1.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) 5G
1 4 (5.80%) SD-WAN
1 4 (5.80%) WAN
1 4 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.90%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.45%) GSM
3 1 (1.45%) HTTP
3 1 (1.45%) Internet
3 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.45%) Wideband
3 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) BusinessObjects
1 5 (7.25%) SAP BW
1 5 (7.25%) SAP Data Services
1 5 (7.25%) SAP HANA
1 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.90%) SQLite
3 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (44.93%) Visual Studio
2 27 (39.13%) JIRA
3 5 (7.25%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (5.80%) Git
4 4 (5.80%) LabVIEW
5 2 (2.90%) GDB
5 2 (2.90%) Subversion
6 1 (1.45%) CMake
6 1 (1.45%) GCC
6 1 (1.45%) gcov
6 1 (1.45%) GitLab
6 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.45%) WiX
General
1 27 (39.13%) Avionics
2 18 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.49%) Electronics
4 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.59%) Finance
5 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.25%) Banking
6 5 (7.25%) General Ledger
6 5 (7.25%) Marketing
7 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Automotive
9 1 (1.45%) Aviation
9 1 (1.45%) Legal
9 1 (1.45%) Military
9 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (66.67%) Senior
2 12 (17.39%) Software Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) Embedded Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) FPGA Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) Senior VHDL Engineer
3 8 (11.59%) VHDL Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Unix Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Unix Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Development Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Development Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) HTML
1 5 (7.25%) Web Services
2 3 (4.35%) OpenCL
3 1 (1.45%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (1.45%) HTML5
3 1 (1.45%) Qt
3 1 (1.45%) React
3 1 (1.45%) Redux
3 1 (1.45%) XML
3 1 (1.45%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) GNSS
2 9 (13.04%) FPGA
3 8 (11.59%) MicroBlaze
3 8 (11.59%) Satnav
3 8 (11.59%) VHDL
4 4 (5.80%) Analogue Electronics
4 4 (5.80%) Device Driver
4 4 (5.80%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (5.80%) Self-Driving Car
5 3 (4.35%) CUDA
5 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.35%) PCIe
5 3 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.45%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 52 (75.36%) Linux
2 12 (17.39%) Windows
3 5 (7.25%) AIX
3 5 (7.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (7.25%) Unix
3 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.45%) Android
4 1 (1.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (49.28%) Mathematics
2 31 (44.93%) Physics
3 27 (39.13%) Quality Management
3 27 (39.13%) User Experience
3 27 (39.13%) UX Design
4 15 (21.74%) Computer Science
5 14 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (18.84%) Requirements Analysis
7 12 (17.39%) B2B
7 12 (17.39%) Defect Tracking
7 12 (17.39%) Software Engineering
8 10 (14.49%) Signal Processing
9 9 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 9 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 8 (11.59%) Creative Thinking
10 8 (11.59%) FPGA Design
10 8 (11.59%) Innovative Thinking
11 7 (10.14%) Validation
12 6 (8.70%) Agile
13 5 (7.25%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (42.03%) C++
2 18 (26.09%) Python
3 9 (13.04%) Tcl
4 8 (11.59%) MATLAB
4 8 (11.59%) Perl
4 8 (11.59%) VB
5 7 (10.14%) Java
6 6 (8.70%) Embedded C
7 4 (5.80%) Rust
8 2 (2.90%) Bash
8 2 (2.90%) Embedded C++
8 2 (2.90%) Go
8 2 (2.90%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.90%) PHP
8 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.45%) Ada
9 1 (1.45%) Assembly Language
9 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (68.12%) Degree
2 5 (7.25%) PhD
3 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) PMO
2 1 (1.45%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.45%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.45%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 15 (21.74%) Firmware
2 9 (13.04%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (2.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) Xilinx
3 8 (11.59%) Altera
3 8 (11.59%) Green Hills
4 6 (8.70%) IBM
4 6 (8.70%) SAP
5 5 (7.25%) Oracle
6 4 (5.80%) Intel
7 3 (4.35%) Graphcore
8 2 (2.90%) EMC
9 1 (1.45%) QNX